Physical Sciences at Oklahoma City Community College

If you plan to study physical sciences, take a look at what Oklahoma City Community College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

OCCC is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and approximately 12,227 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Physical Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

OCCC Physical Sciences Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Physical Sciences

Online Classes Are Available at OCCC

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? OCCC offers distance education options for physical sciences at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree

OCCC Physical Sciences Rankings

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Physical Sciences Student Demographics at OCCC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physical sciences majors at Oklahoma City Community College.

OCCC Physical Sciences Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of physical sciences associate's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in physical sciences only graduates about 43% women each year. The program at OCCC may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 19% more women than average.

OCCC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in physical sciences graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Oklahoma City Community College with a associate's in physical sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	5
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Physical Sciences

Physical Sciences majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Oklahoma City Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Chemistry	14
Physics	2

Related Majors

• Mathematics & Statistics
• Engineering Technologies
• Engineering
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences
• Computer & Information Sciences

Careers That Physical Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in physical sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for OK, the home state for Oklahoma City Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in OK	Average Salary in OK
High School Teachers	11,400	$42,540
Architectural and Engineering Managers	1,980	$137,560
Professors	1,480	$74,880
Geoscientists	1,140	$123,230
Chemists	490	$77,740

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.